Tom Brady shares high school essay about his family

Video: Highlights of Tom Brady at Serra High
See the future Hall of Fame quarterback when he was a prep

The knock on Facebook to some is that it gets too personal: TMI — too much information — for the taste of many.

To others: "We can't get enough." The more personal the better.

Today, on Tom Brady's pubic Facebook account, he posted an essay he wrote in high school at Serra (San Mateo, Calif.) about growing up with three older and well-known sisters.

He received an ‘A' from Mr. Stark, earning 47 of 50 points. Here are some excerpts:

"I was raised in a family where the expectations were high and the failures were inexcusable. I was a small, pudgy, temperamental young lad that was always in the wrong place at the wrong time."

The four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback wrote about being the "odd man out" in a family of sisters, and "their tag-along little brother."

He cautioned: "Don't get me wrong, I was very proud of my sisters and I love them with all my heart, but I wished I would be recognized as an individual and not as another 'Brady.'"

Remember, folks, this was when he was a senior at Serra in 1994.

See the entire Tom Brady Facebook post here

He eventually takes the essay around 360 degrees to say: "I am beginning to understand my role as a part of my family as I have established a name for myself as a good athlete, as well as an intelligent young man. … I will continue to flourish in life as well as in athletics because of my strong will to succeed and desire to always be on top."

The "Deflategate" backers will have a field day with that passage.

He concludes by honoring his sisters Maureen, Julie and Nancy, but notes: "Hopefully, just maybe, one day people will walk up to them and say, ‘Aren't you Tommy's sister?' or ‘Hey, where is your brother?'"

Obviously ‘Tommy' got his wish.